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Tag: Chelsea Space

Curating

Fred Astaire in his Johnson & Johnson Fred Astaire jacket

Curatorial work today on the Lloyd Johnson exhibition (coming to London gallery Chelsea Space in the New Year) was a joy. By honing the exhibits and focusing on a narrative, Jill and Lloyd Johnson and I introduced an exciting new element: a wall selection of dazzling print artwork for garments from the 70s to the 00s. […]

November 29, 2011
Art

Pictures from an exhibition: Snap Crackle & Pop at The Lightbox

These images are from the private view for The Lightbox gallery’s exhibition Snap Crackle & Pop (about British pop art and it’s influence on culture); I contributed exhibits and advice after being approached by BBC TV’s Katherine Higgins (who sure knows her stuff). This excellent show was opened on Friday by Peter Blake. Among the […]

August 7, 2011
Exhibitions

Aphasic Disturbance at CHELSEA space

Aphasic Disturbance, the current show at CHELSEA space, is curator Stephen Bury’s response to  “Two types of language and two types of aphasic disturbance”, the 1956 essay by the linguist/literary theorist Roman Jakobson on manifestations of aphasia (the loss of power of expression through speech). And Bury – now Andrew W. Mellon chief librarian of […]

January 24, 2011